Hi Rahul, On 16-Jan-12 09:00, rahul yadav wrote: > If i see it in this way: "ACK is used to stop re-transmission of 200 ok. > Similarly PRACK is used to stop re-transmission of provisional responses". > So both should be treated equally ? > No. The finality may be the same but different rules are used. ACK is part of the INVITE-Transaction. PRACK is "a" normal SIP message like BYE, therefor Non-Invite-Transaction rules are used... > Sorry for my ignorance, i am still not clear why PRACK needs 200 ok ? > As stated previously PRACK is a new transaction which comes to completion i.e. when its final response (200) is received... Cheers, Alain -- "" (o)(o) _____o00o__(__)__o00o_____ 3072D/146D10DE 2011-09-29 Alain Totouom <totouom at gmx.de> PGP Fingerprint 39A4F092 FFA7C746 CC305CB0 69091911 146D10DE